Improvement in knife-cleaners



A. B. CLARKE.

Improvement in Kni-fe Cleaners.

Patentedjaemso, 1872.

No. 123,238.l

FFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN KNIFE-CLEANERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,238, dated January30, 1872.

To whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS B. CLARKE, of Wyandotte, in the county ofWayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Combined Knife-Clean er and Brick-Scraper; and I do declare that thefollowing is a true and accurate description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference markedthereon and being a part of this specication, in which my invention issi awn in perspective.

The nature of this invention relates to the construction of a device forcleaning knives combined with a scraper for pulverizing Bath brick. Theinvention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of thevarious parts, as more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, A represents a handle, the lower end ofwhich terminates in an enlargement, B, to one side of which is securedthe rubber or elastic cushion C. Projecting outwardly from and rigidlysecured to the back ot' the enlargement is the metallic blade D,designed for scraping or pulverizing Bath brick.

In using this device, after the Bath brick has been scraped orpulverized, the elastic cushion should be Ydipped first in Water andthen in the brick-dust, and then applied with brisk friction to thesurface ofthe knife or other article to be cleaned.

It is preferable for knives to have the cushion flat, while for cleaningspoons there may bc convex and concave cushions, as desired.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A combined knife-cleaner and brick-scraper, consisting of the handle Aprovided with the enlargement B, elastic cushion C, and metallic bladeD, constructed and arranged substantially as described and shown. i

AUGUSTUS B. CLARKE.

Vitnesses:

Tnos. S. SPRAGUE, H. S. SPRAGUE.

